eredità — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bequest noun Property or money left to someone in a will.
- heredity noun The passing of physical or genetic traits from parents to their children.
- heritage noun Traditions, buildings, culture, or values passed down from earlier generations.
- inheritance noun Money, property, or possessions passed to someone after a person's death.
- legacy noun Money or property left to someone in a will.
Senses
eredità is used for these senses in English:
- bequest A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
- heredity Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
- heritage An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
- heritage A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
- inheritance (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
- legacy (law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
- legacy Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.
bequest — full definition
- noun Property or money left to someone in a will.
- noun Something valuable handed down from the past, such as a tradition or idea.